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One fairly short press release from Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) announces some big changes to the company’s asset base. Oxy has agreed to sell its oil and gas operations in Argentina to...
The deal struck by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (NYSE:PBR), or Petrobras, and the government of Argentina has set the stage for the world’s largest ever share offering. The oil-for-stock swap gives...
Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR), better known as Petrobras, has agreed to pay the Brazilian government $42.5 billion for the rights to produce 5 billion barrels of oil from...
Last February, Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS-A) and Brazil’s Cosan Ltd. (NYSE:CZZ) signed an agreement to create a joint venture to distribute and sell cane ethanol in Brazil. The two companies...
The governor of Texas and the state’s Land Commissioner have filed suit in federal court in Houston that would block the second attempt by the federal government to impose a six-month ban on...
The continuing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is partly due to the lack of a coordinated response plan in the event of a well blow-out deep below the surface. The oil companies, and the federal...
At President Obama’s news conference yesterday, he admitted that he and his administration’s response to the blow-out of the BP plc (NYSE:BP) Macondo well in the Gulf was wrong. At the same time,...
The rig count from Baker Huges Inc. (NYSE:BHI) is out for April and the recent trends continue. The US count is up, the Canadian count is down, and the international rig count is flat. So far today,...
The crude oil leak caused by the explosion and sinking of BP plc’s (NYSE:BP) Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible rig continues to pump about 5,000 b/d into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. BP is...
Acquisitions, joint ventures, and ratings news in the oil patch have made for a busy day or two, and have also pointed out a handful of reasons pointing to a reasonable reason to search for...
In 2009, there were just three Atlantic storms that earned the hurricane monikers — Bill, Fred, and Ida. None of these storms made landfall in the US as hurricanes. The predictions from Colorado...
Reuters:  Toyota (NYSE:TM) said it would have charges of $2 billion for recalls, but posted a profit last quarter and improved its forecasts. Reuters:   Shell’s (RDS.A) profits fell sharply....
Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off .5% to 10,356. Toyota (NYSE:TM) fell and Honda (NYSE:SNE) gained. Sony (NYSE:SNE) announced a profit. The Hang Seng was off 1.8% to 20,342. The Shanghai...
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 10,371. Toyota (NYSE:TM) rose as it shipped parts to complete its recalls. The Hang Seng rose a fraction to 20,251. The Shanghai Composite was down...
Since the beginning of the year, Brazil’s ethanol industry has generated more than its share of news. Today brings the announcement of a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A) and Cosan...